Swiss authorities have arrested several people in connection with a 64-year-old American woman’s use of the suicidal “Sarco” pod on Monday.
The pro-assisted suicide organization Last Resort announced that the woman, whose identity is not public, is originally from the Midwest. She committed suicide in the pod in a private forest retreat in Switzerland on September 23. This marks the first time that a person has used – and died from – the Sarco.
According to the Last Resort’s website, the Sarco is a 3D printed pod that a person can go inside to commit suicide. By pressing a button, the oxygen levels in the pod are lowered significantly and replaced with nitrogen gas, causing the person to lose consciousness quickly, and then killing the person within minutes.
Co-president of the Last Resort Dr. Florian Willet was the only person present at the time of the woman’s passing.According to The Last Resort, […]
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